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Queer Theatre
Functions corresponding to those of normal theatre in this post-bourgeois epoch have been taken over by the movies. Abnormal theatre still tempts artists of talent and integrity inclined to theatre. This abnormal theatre is a director's, not a writer's, theatre. Early forms of it emerged around the time of World War I in Germany and Russia. Its most recent form arose in the sequel of the American Renaissance of painting and dance in New York City during the 1960's. Though it lasted into the 70s, the rebellious mood that animated it was deprived of new energy starting in 1968/9. Here the author offers a sympathetic observer's record of it.
8th Avenue
Stefan Brechtcs poems have the unforced urbanity of high art. A flaneur of subtle penetrating insight, he remains ever open to the miraculous. His city--New York City--his poet's estate, is bathed in 'the morning star's ambiguous light,' in which every mote scintillates, throwing off shards of sadness, beauty and hope. Michael Heller, author of Uncertain Poetries
Bertolt Brecht: A Literary Life
This first English language biography of Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) in two decades paints a strikingly new picture of one of the twentieth century's most controversial cultural icons. Drawing on letters, diaries and unpublished material, including Brecht's medical records, Parker offers a rich and enthralling account of Brecht's life and work, viewed through the prism of the artist. Tracing his extraordinary life, from his formative years in Augsburg, through the First World War, his politicisation during the Weimar Republic and his years of exile, up to the Berliner Ensemble's dazzling productions in Paris and London, Parker shows how Brecht achieved his transformative effect upon world theatre and poetry. Bertolt Brecht: A Literary Life is a powerful portrait of a great, compulsively contradictory personality, whose artistry left its lasting imprint on modern culture.
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The Theatre of Visions
Robert Wilson's theatre is the stuff of legend. He has taught theatre-goers to see the world with different eyes. Stefan Brecht's book provides detailed documentation and analysis of a number of Wilson's earliest groundbreaking works including The Life of Sigmund Freud, Deafman Glance and Einstein on the Beach. "Never since I was born have I seen anything more beautiful on this earth, never ever has there been another performance to equal this one, because it is simultaneously life at its most vivid and life with its eyes closed, reality mixed with dreaming, the inexplicability of everything in a deaf man's glance." (Louis Aragon Open Letter to André Breton) "His theatre is a world of its own" (Heiner Müller)
Bertolt Brecht
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Peter Schumann's Bread and Puppet Theatre
A book on the cultural and revolutionary florescence of the American Theatre, circa 1963-1973
The Cambridge Companion to Brecht
This updated edition properly retains much that was in the original Companion, but also introduces new voices and themes. It brings together the contrasting views of major critics and active practitioners and contains new essays on Brecht's early experience of cabaret, his significance in the development of film theory and his unique approach to dramaturgy. A detailed calendar of Brecht's life and work and a selective bibliography of English criticism complete this thorough overview of a writer who constantly aimed to provoke. Book jacket.
Queer Theatre
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Re: Direction
Re: Direction is an extraordinary resource for practitioners and students on directing. It provides a collection of ground-breaking interviews, primary sources and essays on 20th century directing theories and practices around the world. Helpfully organized into four key areas of the subject, the book explores: * theories of directing * the boundaries of the director's role * the limits of categorization * the history of the theatre and performance art. Exceptionally useful and thought-provoking introductory essays by editors Schneider and Cody guide you through the wealth of materials included here. Re: Direction is the kind of book anyone interested in theatre history should own, and which will prove an indispensable toolkit for a lifetime of study.
